Reviews Spotlight: Vasquez, Vanquish, and Vegas
Despite the absence of VVVVVV, this week's Reviews Spotlight includes a lot of Vs. And why not? After all, I can think of quite...
Choosing a Motion-Control Platform…Without Playing Any of the Games
Let’s get straight to the heart of the matter: We’re a few days away from Microsoft releasing Kinect and causing an all-out, motion-control throwdown....
U.S. Supreme Court set to hear video game violence case
The country has long been divided about whether violent video games should be formally regulated. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is planning to weigh...
Designing Professor Layton Vs. Ace Attorney Is a Puzzle All Its Own
Here's a puzzle for you: How do you combine two series of games where logic is everything without tripping over the convenient coincidences and...
Five Games That Didn’t Need Zombies
That one word evokes an intangible mess of villainy, grotesquery, and none-too-subtle cliché. Sure, the undead have pervaded pop culture ever since we figured out how to make pictures move — but in the context of video games, their presence is especially visible and even embraced.
News Blips: Inafune Leaves Capcom, Mario All-Stars Release Date, Kinect Will “Definitely” Beat Wii Launch, and More
You've got to hand it to Keiji Inafune. The man waited until Capcom finally greenlit Mega Man Legends 3 before quitting. His sacrifice will...
Taking the Facebook Out of the Farmville
Welcome to the Farmville Player Protection Program . I have a confession to make: I have started playing Farmville. Still reading? OK. I know...
Smart or not? Nintendo not interested in making smartphones (reader poll)
Sony is reportedly making a PlayStation Phone in an attempt to do battle for the hearts of gamers against Apple’s iPhone. But Nintendo isn’t...
Opinion: And Justice for Whom?
Enemy of the State by Game Informer Associate Editor, Matt Miller, was a piece of great interest to me. Legal issues in the gaming...
Updated: Microsoft buys gesture-recognition firm Canesta
[Update: Microsoft and Canesta have confirmed the deal.] Microsoft is expected to announce it has agreed to buy Canesta, a maker of chips that...